The glorious floral images of artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) represented new heights of carefully observed nature painting. His artwork was reproduced as hand-colored stipple engravings (created by incising small dots into a metal plate) for a number of important botanical publications.

About this book:The North American Sylva, or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia François André Michaux (1770–1851) Illustrated plates after P.J. redoute, H.J. Redoute, and P. Bessa
Paris: C. D’Hautel, 1819

The glorious floral images of artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) represented new heights of carefully observed nature painting. His artwork was reproduced as hand-colored stipple engravings (created by incising small dots into a metal plate) for a number of important botanical publications.

About this book:Flora of the Colosseum of Rome, or, Illustrations and Descriptions of Four Hundred and Twenty Plants Growing Spontaneously upon the Ruins of the Colosseum of Rome Richard Deakin (1809–1873)
London: Groombridge, 1873
Gift of Aaron Goldberg

Some publications combined natural history study with the Victorian interest in travel.